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Transgender bias unwarranted

Olivia Decker, Editor-in-Chief

May 20, 2016

Olivia Decker Editor-in-Chief Transgender people use public restrooms just like everybody else, but they have a radically different experience than everybody else. The trans community deserves the right to use the res...

Community college has its merits

March 24, 2016

By Jackson Bassford News Editor We’re reaching the home stretch of the school year, and that’s a very exciting time for all students, especially seniors. Four years of high school are finally coming to a close, and we...

Letter to the Editor

March 24, 2016

Why Black History Month is necessary 'To the Editor: In 1915, Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-educated historian, and Jesse E. Moorland, a prominant pastor, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History...

Education about suicide awareness needed in schools

March 24, 2016

By Caelan Saunders Editor-in-Chief Within the past year, South, the Blue Springs School District, and the surrounding districts have suffered the loss of so many people. Teachers, students, family, friends, loved ones, rega...

Unity and compromise are keys to solving social issues

Caelan Saunders, Editor-in-Chief

January 29, 2016

By Caelan Saunders Editor-in-Chief The problems that plague society are a constant companion to the leaders of the world. We try to strike down one problem at a time just as another arises; it’s a challenge we will face...

Struggling to get into the holiday spirit

Harper Stephens, Editorials Editor

December 17, 2015

By Harper Stephens Editorials Editor Thanksgiving is over and Winter Break is right around the corner. There are tall trees and Christmas lights going up, and everyone is walking around humming Christmas songs. T...

Colleges continue to fight racism

Charly Buchanan, Reporter

December 17, 2015

By Charly Buchanan Reporter While our society is steadily advancing toward equality, there is still a great deal of progress to be made involving college race relations. Racism is still relevant. In fact, it is...

Nobody deserves to be generalized

December 17, 2015

By Jackson Bassford News Editor On November 27, a mass shooting took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado at a local Planned Parenthood clinic. The suspect, Robert Lewis Dear Jr., was arrested on the scene after k...

Technology in classrooms could be holding us back

Caelan Saunders, Editor-in-Chief

November 12, 2015

By Caelan Saunders Editor-in-Chief I remember when I was younger, think elementary school, we had those big bulky overhead machines that teachers would use for math lessons and I honestly thought those were so cool. I�...

South sports unequal for students

Charly Buchanan, Reporter

November 12, 2015

By Charly Buchanan Reporter The unequal opportunity for men to play in a traditionally women’s sport is unfair and is hindering the growth and variation of men’s athletics. At Blue Springs South, we have ten boys s...

Taking the equality movement the wrong way

Olivia Decker, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

November 12, 2015

By Olivia Decker Assistant Editor-in-Chief With every social equality movement comes those who stand on the wrong side of history, and with the recent rise of support for feminism, it was inevitable that the fedora-clad �...

Editorials

October 5, 2015